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Foodies say, add dataviz spice please
Food

Foodies say, add dataviz spice please

Kaiser Fung, founder of Junk Charts and Principal Analytics Prep, explains why the Venn diagram is not easy to read, and discusses some nice interesting food and beverage menus.
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Respect the reader's time
Aggregation

Respect the reader's time

A graphic illustrating how Americans spend their time is a perfect foil
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An overused chart, why it fails, and how to fix it
Spider chart

An overused chart, why it fails, and how to fix it

A chart with conceptual appeal but fails the data
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High-effort graphics
return on effort

High-effort graphics

What's the return on effort?
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Guess which day I made this chart
Aggregation

Guess which day I made this chart

ESPN Magazine issued a special analytics edition to ride the Moneyball bandwagon.
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The cross-hairs of religions
Color

The cross-hairs of religions

Long-time reader Nick B. found this attractive flow chart. The chart was
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